ὂ μικρόν

Ancient Greek

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Ο ο   –   English: omicron

Etymology

Shape from Phoenician 𐤏 (ʿ‬). Name is Greek: ὂ μικρόν means "small ο," in order to distinguish it from ω, which had become identical in pronunciation. Displaced earlier οὖ (oû).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o miˈkron/ → /o miˈkron/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o miˈkron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o miˈkron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o miˈkron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o miˈkron/

Noun

ὂ μικρόν • (ò mikrón) n (indeclinable)

1. omicron, the name for the fifteenth letter Ο, ο of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Greek: όμικρον (ómikron)